Furazone sweats

[NancyL]

I thought it might be interesting to add the subject of using sweats to the health section.

Miss Summer cut her right rear cannon over the winter. Unfortunately no one called us and the injury, though fairly superficial, went unattended for a few days. Proud flesh developed and the scar site thickened. I think she had a blond thoughbred moment ;D ;D ;D

So now we've started furazone ointment sweats with saran wrap for 2 hours a day initially, gradually increasing for the next two weeks. I thought I'd document progress for myself.

So out to the mud pit to hose off the mud from her legs before we begin.

No, I'm not really downhill!!!!!




Hurry up, I'm hungry


Now we're getting somewhere (back to dinner NOT!)


What is the BIG deal?



Anyone else have any experiences using furazone or other substances for sweats? And how did it work? Not work? Other experiences to share?

[niaru]

It doesn't look that swollen to me...but there's a shadow so it's hard to tell. Is the wound completely healed? Is it nice and cold?

I've done sweats to reduce swelling on a cold 'bump'. When Lulla wacked her hind legs, she had a bump that persisted for months. I would cold hose it 2x a day and do a sweat at night, and repeat. Not much success tho, I think the cold hosing did more than the wrapping.
Vet said it was fibrous tissue and would take a while to disappear.
I saw a difference when I started using DMSO on it.
But it did take months to go down so much that no one notices it.

Good luck with Summer! She's so cute.

[NancyL]

Yep, it's cold. The furazone sweat yesterday visibly reduced the size after 2 hours. I was happy with it but don't know how much this might resolve. Poor baby, this is her first serious booboo. She's alweays been totally sound on it.

[diane]

I have used Listerine as a sweat for wind puffs... but there are lots... some use polmolive dish soap to make a blister/ scurf

[Lis]

I agree, there's a lot. I rub down with alcohol and then wrap for the horses that HATE the liniments. I've got 2 that detest the tingly feeling they leave.

[alisonph]

I used sweats on Benson's suspensory injury and had amazing results. The injury was new, and the leg was still hot. I've gotten mixed reviews on using sweats on hot legs, but my vet recommended it and it worked for me.

Here is the drill:
1- paper bag, cut in a sheet
Furazone
DMSO in paintable form
No bow wrap
Extra long standing bandage
Mix equal parts DMSO and Furazone and paint over entire cannon bone.
Dampen the paper bag sheet slightly and wrap it around the leg. It needs to be wrinkle free and LAY it on the leg. Absolutely no tugging or pulling allowed.
Wrap with a nice standing wrap.
Leave on for 12 hours.
Remove and cold hose for 20 minutes.
Re-wrap.


As for the proud flesh, Nancy, my vet recommends, not sweating an open wound.

For proud flesh, he suggests scrubbing the wound until it bleeds again. Then, apply a product called Animax. bandage the wound with a piece of gauze, and then hold it in place with a piece of something like this: www.onlinemedicalsupply.com/CORE_WOUND_CARE/TAPES-ADHERENT_WRAPS/MMMH1583/product.aspx
If the horse is the type to maintain partial sanity, you can turn it out with standing wraps on. At least, I was able to do that with a relatively silly OTTB in a small area and it worked great.